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Jacob Burckhardt

Yaknetuma From the Lower East, New York City, NY, 1974

A collaboration with Laleen Jayamanne

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  • "…such varied delights as noted film critic and theoretician Laleen Jayamanne performing a Sri Lankian ritual dance on a tenement rooftop after polishing off a 32-oz. beer in 'Yaknetuma From the Lower East Side'…” -- Bruce Bennett, the New York Sun

    These films are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. © 2012 Jacob Burckhardt. Used with permission of Jacob Burckhardt. Distributed by PennSound.